Burma
and B'desh to help India deal with insurgents:
Outlook
India 23 November 2004
India's PM UWAHATI, NOV 23 (PTI) -
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said Burma nd Bangladesh will
help India deal with the northeast insurgent outfits heltering in those
countries. We have made separate representations to Myanmar and Bangladesh
to provide us ssistance in dealing with north east-based militant groups
in thosecountries," he told reporters here.
Myanmar in particular has assured
us that it will not allow insurgents to work gainst our country from its
soil," he informed. The Assam government has been pressurising the
Centre to approach the twocountries to flush out the militants sheltering
there after escaping from Bhutan following the crackdown on them.
In a memorandum to the Prime
Minister, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi appealed him to flush out militants
who were operating from their bases in Burma and Bangladesh following
the Bhutan operations.
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